Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Blumenstein
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 2, 1959No. Appeal, 139PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Bok,
This is an appeal, on allocatur, from the decision of the Superior Court affirming a conviction and sentence.
Defendant was the manager of a drive-in cinema theatre in Lackawanna County and was arrested by state officers for having shown certain films in October, 1956. He was indicted for having unlawfully exhibited obscene motion pictures under the Act of June 24,1939, P.L. 872, §528; 18 P.S. §4528, which reads as follows: “Whoever gives or participates in or being the owner of any premises, or having control thereof, permits within or on said premises, any dramatic,…
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